Historical Performance Institute IU-JSoM

09/28/2025

We have a full slate of events this coming week for Gibbons Fest 400, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the composer's death. Most notably, legendary early music figure William Hunt will be in town - see below!

09/28/2025

TODAY! Join us for the first Baroque Orchestra concert of the year, directed by Ingrid Matthews! 4:00 PM in Auer Hall, featuring music from 17th century Venice.

09/15/2025

Join us in welcoming one of our fabulous new HP majors, Bryce Elliot Zimmerman!

Atlanta countertenor Bryce Elliot Zimmerman has performed as Prince Athamus in Handel's Semele, was a soloist in Marazzoli's Oh Messtisime Jesu, Carissimi's Jonas, portrayed Cupid in Blow's Venus and Adonis, Prince and served as soloist in Bach's Cantata No. 12, and Handel's Dixit Dominus. His voice, described as "what a plum would sound like," blends warmth and ethereal qualities as well as accessing different colors. Bryce is currently pursuing his second year of Master's in Historical Performance at the Jacobs School of Music under Thomas Cooley. Bryce says: "I am very excited to be in the HPI due to the variety of different performance opportunities inside and outside of the school of music, as well as exploring the different academic courses to add to my tool box."

08/13/2025

Brilliant news today: we're hugely excited to welcome Thomas Cooley to the faculty!

We’re thrilled to welcome Thomas Cooley as Visiting Associate Professor! Professor Cooley is a vocalist specializing in historical performance and is a leading interpreter of Handel and J. S. Bach. He has brought his talents to over 30 U.S. states and to concert halls around the world, and now he will bring them to instructing Jacobs students. Please join us in giving him a warm welcome! 🙌

08/07/2025

Kudos to IU Baroque Violinists, current and former students of Ingrid Matthews!

Congratulations to Danqi Zeng (DM, baroque violin), who has been selected as one of four finalista in the Lillian and Maurice Barbash International Bach Competition! Danqi is the only period-instrumentalist selected among the finalists. The concluding round will take place at SUNY-Stonybrook on October 16.

Many congratulations also due to recent baroque-violin IU alums--Parastoo Heidarinejad and Jimena Burga Lopera--for their work as Baroque Classical Academy Fellows at the Carmel Bach Festival this summer!

07/13/2025

Given recent moves initiated by the Indiana state legislature, over 400 academic programs within the state’s higher education sector have been eliminated or suspended—116 of these on the IU Bloomington campus alone. Many of you will doubtless have heard by now that all degree programs in our HP department are to be discontinued. This fall, however, we will welcome a highly talented cohort of six graduate students who will take on their studies as the final beneficiaries of these programs, precisely as they have always been offered. The department, therefore, will continue to operate, as ever, over the next two years.

In contrast with the HP department, the Historical Performance Institute will retain its place, expand further its range of work, and continue to act as the coordinating hub of HP throughout the greater Jacobs school. Moreover, ensembles will also continue as they always have. Over the past academic year, more than 120 students from outside the HP department in other major areas have participated integrally in our work.

Especially at this precise moment in time, the HP faculty, both full and part-time, will be highly grateful for your moral support and positive encouragement during this seismic shift. While hundreds of academic programs have been cut across the state, the HPI will very fortunately remain.

Although it is too soon to predict publicly with certainty, there are initiatives now going into place whereby lost degree programs could ultimately be provided alternative institutional pathways, either by or before the end of the next two-year “teach out” period. Because of this, it would be premature (in my view) to say that all of our degree programs are lost entirely.

Our faculty are deeply dedicated to providing incoming students with the best possible education and experience, to fortify their development as emerging artists within a field experiencing new waves of professional growth. Your moral support has never been more needed than it is now, and it will be most gratefully received. Dana Marsh, HPI Director

05/05/2025

Making our way through finals week, we are thrilled to congratulate all who are to graduate from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music this academic year!

HP Majors graduating:
Courage Barda (BSOF, historical voice)
Asher Bennett (PDSP, baroque oboe)
Zachary Coronado (BM, baroque bassoon, returning for PDSP)
Samuel Motter (MM, cornetto)
Victoria Wernicke (MM, baroque violin)

Congratulations also to HP secondary and minor field MM and DM students - over 50 graduates involved in HP this year - one third of our total roster!

Baroque Violin: Naomi Kertonugroho, Daniella Lombardi, Grace McKenzie

Baroque Cello: Thomas Shaw

Baroque Trumpet: Avery Hoerman, Josh Levy, Jonathan Leveque,
Aleah Miller, Kennedy Ryan, Joe Shore, Connor Tipton, Zachary Walter

Baroque Oboe: Angelica Markevitch

Early Clarinet: Jake Basil. Julian Fiaschetti

Early Keyboard:
Sabrina Chen (fortepiano), Mizue Fukushima (harpsichord), Monacella Gracia (harpsichord and fortepiano), John Musila (fortepiano), Soo Yeon Jeong (fortepiano), Alex Wong (harpsichord and fortepiano), Edoardo Lenza (fortepiano), Cheng Qian (harpsichord), Yuhao Zhao (harpsichord)

Historical Voice: Caleb Crawford, Michelle Kwok, Eric Meincke, Seonjong Park, Maura Phipps, Nick Voermans

Natural Horn: Neftali Bernard, Sarah Dahlin, David Holloway, Ari Kessler, Hannah Kittleson, Emma Nixon, Andre Richter, Lane Royer

Sackbut: Jocelyn Edgar, Zhimeng Lyu

Traverso:
Sheng Bi, Lucy Jihyeon Hwang, Ruyuan Li, Xinyi Ma

Major Ensembles (Baroque Orchestra and Concentus members, not listed above as secondary vocalists or instrumentalists)
Miggi Anganco (Fall 2024—DM choral conducting), Elijah Bowen (MM, voice), Hannah Foote (MA, music theory), Katie Gunn (MM, organ), Joshua Joy (MA, music theory), Ryan Rogers (DM, choral conducting), Mitchell Widmer (DM, voice)

VERY BEST WISHES TO ALL!!

02/09/2025

TODAY!! - Sundays in Auer Hall features HP faculty Joanna Blendulf, Ingrid Matthews, Jonathan Oddie, and Kathie Stewart, along with students Steven Baloue, Danqi Zeng, and Miranda Zirnbauer. Also featured will be the Pacifica Quartet, with Kyung Sung Lee and Sung-Mi Im. Follow link for the program: https://events.iu.edu/live/files/5925-202502091600ahsundays-in-auerpdf

🎶 Sundays in Auer 🎶 Join us for an afternoon of exquisite chamber music as faculty and students from the Historical Performance, Strings, and Chamber & Collaborative Music Departments come together for A Musical Offering.

Featuring the Pacifica Quartet alongside a stellar lineup of faculty and student musicians, this performance is not to be missed!

Learn more at https://events.iu.edu/musiciub/event/1799181-sundays-in-auer-faculty-chamber-music-series

📅 Sunday, February 9, 4 p.m.
📍 Auer Hall

See you there!

01/31/2025

TOMORROW - come enjoy a fabulous program by Prof. Jonathan Oddie on the HPI's new harpsichord!

01/29/2025

Our first ensemble concert of the Spring semester approaches on February 16. The Bologne Violin Concerto in B-flat Major features Danqi Zeng, classical violin. Haydn's Harmoniemesse features vocal soloists: Jisoo Choi, soprano; Dajeong Song, mezzo-soprano; Robbie Erickson, tenor; Mitchell Widmer, baritone. IU Classical Orchestra and Voices of Concentus are hard at work!

12/03/2024

Join us on Saturday for the final Baroque Orchestra concert of the semester, directed by Ingrid Matthews!

12/03/2024

This Sunday - come out to Monroe County Courthouse for a lunchtime concert of sacred 16th & 17th-century music featuring sackbuts, cornetto, violin, voices, and organ! Presented by Bloomington Early Music Festival & by musicians of the Historical Performance Institute.